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International Journal of Labour Research

Trade Union Revitalization: Organizing new forms of work including platform workers

The 2022 edition of the International Journal of Labour Research comes at a critical time, marked both by multidimensional crises affecting many countries around the world and by a surge in the attraction and influence of trade unions in responding...

Executive Summary

Trade Union Revitalization: Organizing new forms of work including platform workers (Executive Summary)

Podcast transcript: Platform work and gender inequalities - A case study from India

International Journal of Labour Research

Unions must work together and find ways to organize new forms of work

Trade unions need to strengthen their unity, attract more young people and organize workers in the digital economy, according to a new report.

Global challenges - Global solutions podcast

Platform work and gender inequalities - A case study from India

International Journal of Labour Research

Challenges of trade unionism in the face of new forms of work organization

This article describes the structural characteristics of work in Latin America and the Caribbean, in which a pattern of subordination to the interests of capital accumulation and large transnational companies has historically predominated,...

International Journal of Labour Research

Trade union revitalization in the United States of America: A call for a labour movement programme in support of self-organizing workers

From a peak of one third of the workforce in 1955 and still over 20 per cent in 1983, at present only 10.3 per cent of United States workers remain members of trade unions. A significant trend of worker self-organizing and formation of new...

International Journal of Labour Research

Voice and representation for ridehailing drivers in sub-Saharan Africa: Pathways for trade union revitalization?

This paper seeks to explore the extent to which new players and nonconventional strategies shape the collective representation and voice of platform workers. Drawing on secondary sources, the paper systematically argues that traditional trade union...

International Journal of Labour Research

Digital activism as a pathway to trade union revitalization

Technological change is of critical importance for the future of unions. On the one hand, the rapid rise of the platform economy and the decentring of industrial work pose an enormous threat to their very existence. On the other hand, digital tools...

International Journal of Labour Research

New wine in old bottles: organizing and collective bargaining in the platform economy

This article presents a non-exhaustive review of recent forms of organizing and mobilizing platform workers across Europe, with the objective of mapping current variations in trade union strategies towards technological change and analytically...

A guide to the joint programme for youth-led organizations

A guide to the joint programme for development partners

Regional Brochure: Boosting Decent Jobs and Enhancing Skills for Youth in Africa's Digital Economy

The programme is continental in scope, starting in six partner countries. Partner countries are selected based on national development priorities to advance decent jobs for youth, the availability of labour market information on the digital economy,...

Information Note: Boosting Decent Jobs and Enhancing Skills for Youth in South Africa's Digital Economy

The information note provides an overview of the ILO/ITU/UNDP/AU Joint Programme on Boosting Decent Jobs and Enhancing Skills for Youth in South Africa's Digital Economy. The Note describes the goal and approach of the Joint Programme as well as...

Information Note: Boosting Decent Jobs and Enhancing Skills for Youth in Rwanda's Digital Economy

The information note provides an overview of the ILO/ITU/AU Joint Programme on Boosting Decent Jobs and Enhancing Skills for Youth in Rwanda's Digital Economy. The Note describes the goal and approach of the Joint Programme as well as actions and...

Information Note: Boosting Decent Jobs and Enhancing Skills for Youth in Nigeria's Digital Economy

The information notes provides an overview of the ILO/ITU/AU Joint Programme on Boosting Decent Jobs and Enhancing Skills for Youth in Nigeria's Digital Economy. The Note describes the goal and approach of the Joint Programme as well as actions and...

Information Note: Boosting Decent Jobs and Enhancing Skills for Youth in Kenya's Digital Economy

The information notes provides an overview of the ILO/ITU/AU Joint Programme on Boosting Decent Jobs and Enhancing Skills for Youth in Kenya's Digital Economy. The Note describes the goal and approach of the Joint Programme as well as actions and...

48th Arab Labour Conference

ILO Director-General’s address to the Arab Labour Conference 2022

In a recorded video address, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder addresses Arab governments, workers and employers meeting in Cairo, Egypt, with a call to pursue with the ILO a shared mission of promoting social justice.

MEDWPE/2022

Decent work in the platform economy

Background document for the Meeting of experts on decent work in the platform economy (Geneva, 10–14 October 2022)

Report

Digitalization and Employment, A Review

This report reviews new labour market opportunities brought about by digital transformation and identifies gaps and potential avenues for future research.